Agile Leader

Requisition ID:  96962

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

The Agile Leader oversees the planning and execution of FPL Solutions' transition to AI-enabled technology delivery and a Product-Based Operating Model. This role translates strategy into coordinated execution across AI-SDLC, Product, Engineering, Architecture, AI, Change Management, and workforce enablement initiatives. The ideal candidate combines transformation leadership with modern technology-delivery experience and can drive adoption, manage cross-functional dependencies, remove barriers, and establish measurable improvements while FPL Solutions continues to meet critical business commitments.

Key Responsibilities:•    Transformation Execution: Develop and drive the integrated transformation roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and outcomes.

• AI-SDLC Implementation: Lead adoption of the AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle across FPL Solutions and continuously improve how technology is planned, built, tested, released, and operated.
• Workstream Integration: Coordinate Product, Engineering, Architecture, AI, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Change Management, training, and other transformation activities.
• AI-Enabled Delivery: Accelerate practical use of AI, automation, and agents throughout the technology-delivery lifecycle.
• Adoption & Readiness: Partner with leaders and teams to drive communications, training, capability development, behavioral change, and sustained adoption.
• Execution Leadership: Identify and resolve cross-functional risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and barriers to transformation.
• Performance & Analytics: Establish KPIs and dashboards measuring adoption, productivity, quality, delivery performance, and transformation outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned, establish reusable practices and playbooks, and continuously improve the delivery model.

Ideal Experience:

•    Progressive technology-delivery or transformation experience.

• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional technology transformations.
• Strong knowledge of modern SDLC, Agile, Product, DevSecOps, software engineering, testing, release, and operational practices.
• Practical understanding of generative AI, AI agents, automation, and AI-enabled software delivery.
• Experience implementing or significantly changing technology-delivery practices across multiple teams.
• Strong program integration, dependency management, risk management, governance, and executive decision-support capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational adoption and behavioral change, not simply manage implementation.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and lead across functions without direct organizational authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• Experience implementing an AI-SDLC, AI-enabled engineering transformation, DevSecOps transformation, or Product-Based Operating Model.
• Experience with cloud, AI, engineering, DevOps, and enterprise platforms.
• Utility, energy, critical-infrastructure, or regulated-industry experience.
• Experience with transformation analytics, workforce enablement, change management, and benefits realization.
• PMP, Prosci, SAFe/Agile, Product Management, Lean Six Sigma, cloud, DevOps, or relevant AI certifications.

Job Overview

This position guides teams in the execution of agile initiatives to deliver customer value. Employees in this role train and coach in the use of Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, and scale agile framework practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Trains and coaches leaders, teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindset
• Contributes in Communities of Practice (CoP), within the agile network
• Promotes and encourages collaboration and transparency and builds trusting relationships between business, delivery, and other entities within the organization
• Facilitates periodic synchronization meetings across several different onsite and distributed delivery teams
• Prepares program and release backlogs, as well as team and program objectives
• Tracks, promotes, and publishes completed program features and program and team objectives
• Manages risk and dependencies, communicates and escalates impediments to facilitate transparency, and reduces bottlenecks
• Embraces a continuous improvement mindset, and drives the use of agile engineering best practices and innovation
• Reports on standardized program-level metrics, and understands, tracks, and operates within the program budget
• Plays an instrumental role in the organization's Agile transformation, acts as a change agent, and shows strong leadership skills with a positive and collaborative attitude
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisor/Management/Leadership Experience: 2+ years

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group:  Exempt

Employee Type:  Full Time

Job Category:  Information Technology

Organization:  Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided:  No

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